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Re: Versioned symbols in elfutils and uClibc

From: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc at gmail dot com>
To: elfutils-devel at lists dot fedorahosted dot org
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 23:20:35 +0300
Subject: Re: Versioned symbols in elfutils and uClibc

Hi Mark,

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 10:39 PM, Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com> wrote:
> elfutils really depends on symbol versioning to keep ABI compatibility.
> I cannot say I am a fan of supporting a libc that doesn't support it.

I guess compatibility is not an issue for an embedded system where we
build a complete root file system once?

> Before pushing it I have added ChangeLog entries and added an
> extra warning in configure.ac to make clear this isn't recommended. You
> are on your own if you use this configure option though.

Thanks a lot!

> What do the test results look like on your setup?

I haven't tried that. Is there an easy way to run tests on a system
without native compiler?

-- 
Thanks.
-- Max

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